World War Two
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Join the Territorial Army (British poster, 1938)
Text: For England and freedom! Join the Territorial Army. Year: 1938. Publisher: H. M. Stationery Office. Artist: NA. Additional information: The TA was established in 1908 as a home defence force. Its size was steadily reduced in the 1920s following the First World War, but the recruitment campaign of 1938-9, coupled with the reintroduction of…
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The Broken Colossus (British cartoon, 1942)
Text: The Broken Colossus Year: 1942. Publisher: Punch magazine. Artist: Bernard Partridge. Additional information: Shows Mussolini as the Colossus of Rhodes, dressed as Caesar while straddling the Mediterranean, though his ‘Africa’ leg is broken.
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V (Belgian poster, 1945)
Text: V. Year: 1945. Publisher: Etablissements généraux d’imprimerie. Artist: NA. Additional information: Design shows Charles de Gaulle, Stalin, Chiang Kai-shek, Churchill and Roosevelt along with their flags within a golden frame decorated with tassels in the Belgian colours.
